One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

One of the largest wooden ships ever built is honored by a steel sculpture evoking her once-superlative scale.

A shoreline exhibit describing the disastrous first attempt by the French to colonize North America.

This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.